Carrie — Stephen King’s literary classic about a shy teenager with the ability to move objects with her mind (Telekinesis) — may be getting a second shot at success on the Off-Broadway stage, more than 20 years after Carrie: The Musical closed its curtains to abysmal reviews and even worse ticket sales.
Sister Act: The Musical — a stageplay based on Whoopi Goldberg’s hit 1992 comedy Sister Act — is finally hitting the Broadway stage. A theatrical adaptation of the movie is set to open on April 20 following a successful run on London’s West End, which debuted at the London Palladium in 2009.
Performances of the Broadway production are slated to begin in March, with opening night set for April 20.
Ben Stiller — of Meet The Parents fame — and multi-Emmy winner Edie Falco are Broadway-bound.
The stars have been cast as a husband and wife in a revival of the Black comedy The House of Blue Leaves — expected to open under the lights of The Great White Way in 2011.